Information skills

Students should be able to:
• identify the requirements of different forms of presentation
• consider the nature of the audience for the presentation
• select a form and style of presentation appropriate to the audience and the content of the material
• prepare the presentation
• present the information


Steps in the process

• What will I do with this information?
• With whom will I share this information?



Information skills

Students should be able to:
• review the extent to which the end product meets the requirements of the task
• assess their use of this process in completing the task
• examine strengths and weaknesses in specific information skills
• identify increases in knowledge
• set personal goals for the further development of information skills.


Steps in the process

• Did I fulfil my purpose?
• How did I go - with each step of the information process?
• How did I go - presenting the information?
• Where do I go from here?



Information skills

Students should be able to:
• begin to analyse the usefulness of each source
• use key words to locate potentially useful information within sources
• skim each source for information
• identify information that has links with the task
• assess and respect privacy and ownership of information
• decide what to do about deficiencies within information
• decide whether information is closer to fact or opinion
• assess the credibility of sources which express opinion
• identify inconsistency and bias in sources
• devise a system for recording and synthesising information
• summarise information
• record quotations and sources of information


Information skills

Students should be able to:
• relate the task to their learning
• clarify the meanings of the words of the task
• identify and interpret key words and ideas in the task
• state the task in their own words
• work out the parts of the task


Steps in the process

• What do I already know
• What do I still need to find out?
• What sources and equipment can I use?


Steps in the process

• What is my purpose?
• Why do I need to find this out?
• What are the key words and ideas of the task?
• What do I need to do?



Information skills

Students should be able to:
• recall relevant information and skills from previous experience
• recognise strengths and limitations of current knowledge and decide whether additional information and/or skills are needed
• limit an investigation to a manageable size
• identify possible sources (people, organisations, places, print, electronic materials, objects)
• recognise the relative worth of sources
• select the best of these sources to use
• locate sources and appropriate equipment
• use appropriate equipment
• record details of sources that are used


Steps in the process

• What information can I leave out?
• How relevant is the information I have found?
• How credible is the information I have found?
• How will I record the information I need?



Information skills

Students should be able to:
• review the purpose of the task
• combine the information into larger units of information
• combine the units of information into a structure
• review the structure in light of the purpose of the task
• adjust the structure where necessary


Steps in the process

• Have I enough information for my purpose?
• Do I need to use all this information?
• How can I best combine information from different sources?

What did I learn from this?
Assessing
Presenting
How can I present this information?
Where can I find the information I need?
Locating
What do I really want to find out?
Defining
What information do I really need to use?
Selecting
How can I use this information
Organising
The Information Process (ISP)Information skills in the school

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